¹Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Moab and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

²“So I will send fire upon Moab,

And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;

And Moab will die amid great rumbling,

Amid a loud shout and the sound of a trumpet.

³“I will also cut off the judge from her midst[#2:3 Or executive officer]

And kill all her princes with him,” says Yahweh.

Punishment of Judah and Israel

⁴Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Judah and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because they rejected the law of Yahweh

And have not kept His statutes;

Their falsehood also has led them astray,

That which their fathers walked after.

⁵“So I will send fire upon Judah,

And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

⁶Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Israel and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because they sell the righteous for money

And the needy for a pair of sandals.

⁷“These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the poor[#2:7 Or trample upon the head of the helpless on the dust]

Also turn aside the way of the humble;

And a man and his father go to the same young woman

In order to profane My holy name.

⁸“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,

And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

⁹¶“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,

Though his height was like the height of cedars,

And he was strong as the oaks;

I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.

¹⁰“And it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,

And I led you in the wilderness forty years

That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

¹¹“Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets

And some of your choice men to be Nazirites.

Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.

¹²“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,

And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

¹³“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you[#2:13 Or tottering]

As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

¹⁴“So flight will perish from the swift,[#2:14 Or a place of refuge]

And the strong will not instill his power with courage,

Nor will the mighty man make his life escape.

¹⁵“He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground ,

The swift of foot will not escape,

Nor will he who rides the horse make his life escape.

¹⁶“Even the most courageous of heart among the mighty men will flee naked in that day,” declares Yahweh.[#2:16 Lit stout of heart]